Look how great Britney looks!

I hope she has finally got it together. She's probably the only person who could endure 2 psych hospital visits & all the other crazy stuff she's done in the last year & still have people love her! There's something just likable about her.

San Francisco here I come!

I am so excited about the exhibition & can't wait to see it. Hopefully I'll be able to get there in January sometime. I was able to see the Chanel one in NY a few years back & it was so much fun! I'd go to museums way more often if they have more fasion exhibits! Thank goodness for a friend as crazy as me to travel to SF just to see an Yves Saint Laurent exhibit!

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I loved Boston!

Boston was not at all what I expected and I loved it even more than I would have thought. It had a kind of small town feel to it. By the end of my trip I was ready to move there, especially since we had amazing weather and the fall colors were just gorgeous. Thanks to Tyler & Nicole for having me and my friends over for dinner Sunday! It was fun to get to see them and their apartment. We walked all over Boston & Cambridge & took a very rough ferry ride out to Salem. Unfortunately Salem was so crowded (it was the Saturday before Halloween) that we didn't get to do a lot of the things we wanted to there, but we still have a fun time walking around and shopping for witch decorations! I can't wait to get to go back to visit again sometime. Now if AZ would just get a little chilly I can wear my new (very cute!) Harvard hoodie! :-)

I did a mass upload of the photos & so now have no idea which photo anything is to put any captions. The glass structure is their Holocaust Memorial that was amazing & so moving to walk through & read various quotes from survivors & see 11 million numbers etched into glass. We also went to Fenway Park & got to see the Green Monster & Yawkey Way! It was really fun, even for this Yankee fan!

Chicago!!!! It's not NYC, but it was still great!

I had a great time in Chicago! Sadly, I ended up being sick for part of my time there, so that slowed us down a little, but overall it was a lot of fun. Weirdly enough I actually like the 8am-9pm all day meetings & eatings! I was headed back to Chicago for work and went a little early with a co-worker so we'd have some time to see the city. The two days of our convention went from 8am-9pm with basically no breaks - just little 15 minute ones between sessions. There's always so much great info and so many of the people crack me up, it's makes for some very fun meetings, not to mention yummy food!

Sunrise out our hotel window. We were able to see the fireworks from Navy Pier on Friday too. Great view of Michigan Ave!

This was in Millenium Park. It was the coolest art piece. I loved it! I wish there hadn't been all the other people around, but they loved it too I guess!





Fun with the crazy mirrors at Navy Pier!



This is the John Hancock Observatory. Unfortunately it was so cloudy when we went we couldn't see anything out the windows. Kind of a waste of $15! Oh well.

Magnificent Mile here I come!!!!

These are many of the reasons I am so excited for my trip to Chicago! While I am excited to see many of the other sites I am most excited for Magnificent Mile! Store after store after store. What could be more fun for a shopaholic like me??? With stores like these I think I will be doing more window shopping then actual shopping, but that's still fun!

Isn't she the cutest girl you've ever seen???

I saw this picture on Daniel & Marie's blog last night and think it might be the cutest picture of her! In the past she hasn't been the most cooperative at posing for pictures, but this one seems just perfect! It'll be fun to have her and Marie back in AZ this week. I've missed all of them. I've loved having them live in Arizona! I'll be bummed when they move away. :-( It's amazing how quickly Madison has grown. I remember so well when she was born and can't believe that was 18 months ago! She's old enough for nursery now. Hard to believe! And in no time she's going to be a big sister. It's crazy how quickly time just flies!

We only have to wait until Spring 2009!

So anyone who has ever visited an H&M knows how incredible this store is! Sadly, they do not have a store in AZ and so I've only been able to visit when in NYC. My last visit to NY included traveleing all over Manhattan visiting at least 5 H&Ms as they all had a little different merchandise. Well, yesterday while I was checking on H&M locations for my upcoming trips to Chicago & Boston I noticed that Arizona has finally made the list for getting a future H&M! Scottsdale should house one in Spring 09! If you've never been to this store it has great clothes (and lots of them) at Target prices!!! The countdown has begun...